BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES

Ryan C. LaBrie is currently completing his doctoral studies in Information Systems at Arizona State University, USA. Prior to starting his doctoral program Mr. LaBrie worked at the Microsoft Corporation for 10 years, most recently as a program manager in the Enterprise Knowledge Management organization. He has been involved with instructing at the university and corporate levels in the US and internationally including Australia, France, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, and the UK. His teaching and research interests include: international information technology issues, database and data warehousing, and information ethics. Mr. LaBrie holds an MS in Information Systems and a BS in Computer Science from Seattle Pacific University.

Ajay S. Vinzé is the Davis distinguished professor of Information Management at Arizona State University, USA. He received his PhD in MIS from the University of Arizona. Dr. Vinze's research, teaching and consulting interests focus on both IS strategy and technology issues. He has worked on topics related to decision support and business intelligence, computer supported collaborative work and applications of artificial intelligence technology for business problem solving. His publications have appeared in many of the leading MIS journals. Before joining the academic environment, he was an IT consultant based in Southeast Asia. He is presently active with the business community in the US with organizations like NASA, IBM, Motorola and internationally in Argentina, Australia, India, Mexico, New Zealand, Peru, Philippines, and Russia.